To the casual observer, the house on Richard Street in Macon might have looked like any other home, but inside, federal prosecutors say it was running with the precision of a fast-food franchise. Workers clocked in for shifts. Managers cracked the whip. And the product moving out the door wasn’t burgers, but kilos of cocaine.
That operation came to a halt this week as 12 defendants admitted guilt in a sprawling federal case dubbed “Operation Mobile Order.”
The two-year investigation, led by the FBI, peeled back the layers of an armed trafficking network that stretched from Atlanta suppliers down to the streets of Central Georgia. The inquiry culminated in a series of raids that netted nearly $100,000 in cash and an arsenal of 26 firearms—including a machine gun.
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“Retail Storefront” for Cocaine
According to court documents filed in the case, the organization turned the Richard Street property into a high-volume “trap house.” It wasn’t a chaotic den; it was a business.
“Operation Mobile Order dismantled a violent drug trafficking organization that treated a Macon neighborhood like a retail storefront for cocaine, backed by an arsenal of firearms,” said Paul Brown, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta.
The ringleader, identified by authorities as 53-year-old Eddie Reese of Atlanta, ran a tight ship. Federal wiretaps caught Reese barking orders at subordinates, reminding them, “That’s what I pay you for, man… Make you handle the business.”
In a chilling moment captured on a wiretap, Reese discussed a spate of local overdoses. He dismissed the idea that his product was responsible with a grim assurance: if the drugs had come from his Richard Street house, he said, “everyone in Macon would be dead.”
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Code Words and Machine Guns
Surveillance during 2022 and 2023 revealed Reese coordinating with Atlanta suppliers to move heavy weight. On the phone, they didn’t speak plainly. Kilograms of cocaine were referred to as “Tylenol,” “charcoal,” or “acres of land.”
By late 2023, Reese was recorded setting up a deal for five kilograms with a new connection. But the FBI was already moving in.
On November 20, 2023, agents executed 11 search warrants across Macon, Warner Robins, and Atlanta. They found the cash and the drugs, but the weaponry drew particular concern. Among the 26 seized firearms was a machine gun found at the Williamson Road home of Alton Oliver, a 43-year-old co-conspirator also known as “Alo.”
The Guilty Pleas
U.S. Attorney William R. “Will” Keyes said that the operation was about more than just drugs; it was about removing a threat from the community. “We are shutting down criminal enterprises threatening the safety of our communities,” Keyes said.
Following the investigation, the following individuals have entered guilty pleas:
- Eddie Reese, 53, of Atlanta (Conspiracy to possess/distribute).
- Alton Oliver, 43, of Macon (Conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking).
- Roddreckious Williams, 33, of Macon (Distribution of cocaine/cocaine base).
- Antonyo “Tony” Daniels, 30, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Devonta Jackson, 31, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Trayvon “Abo” Simmons, 28, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Marvin “Black” Huff, 50, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Roosevelt “Froball” Cole, 52, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Ladarrious King, 31, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Laderion “Johnny” Jacobs, 30, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Leroy “Booman” Mintz, 29, of Macon (Conspiracy).
- Tanya Card, 51, of Macon (Possession with intent to distribute).
Reese and several key conspirators face maximum sentences ranging from 40 years to life in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not yet been scheduled by the Court. In the federal system, there is no option for parole.
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